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Boggs Mt. teaser

We came, cars loaded to the roof, we saw dozens of lovely pine trees, we had a blast. We will do this again here, probably October.

Highlights

Super Stove Smackdown
cardo got just a little tiny bit carried away with stoves. Fortunately, the picnic table was concrete, so there were no consequences to having half a dozen stoves all going at once.
Later on we were treated to meld's Backcountry Boiler.Gear Groupie Gathering
Besides cardo's impressive stove collection, we had Mac's Molly pack represented (meld and dblhmmck both tried my MMP on), Mt. Laurel gear, Gossamer Gear, Ti Goat, Dutchware, 2QzQ, and of course a whole flock of Warbonnet blackbirds: three if I counted right. OES tarps, JRB quilts and tarps.
And I was totally stoked that other people had discovered my favorite shoes: Inov8.Fine Food Frenzy
I dropped the ball on the general potluck idea, but Amity and dblhmmck came through with hummus and port, Nancy with bundt cake. I inflicted my pastys on the group and then soothed them with mulled wine.
(Amity's yummy breakfast)

I am SO glad that I made it to the Boggs Moutain hang!
Thanks to each the Bogg's Mountain group for making it so much fun last week-end! Each of us seemed to share several other interests besides hammocks.

There was an enjoyable evening of story telling around a large fire, and beautiful star gazing that night with totally clear skies. Next morning there were some unusual bird calls. One with a pre-historic twang to it, I have no idea what it was.

My brief hikes were through some unusual woods dominated by Pine and Douglas Fir, but containing large clusters of manzanita all the same height, around seven feet. They usually occur much more interspersed, and of varied heights. There was also a Madrone along that hike that was freakishly tall! It seemed to me it must have been over 40 feet. Maybe Meld can help confirm or deny this, because I think he photographed it.

Plus, once again, my GF said it was the best night sleep in a hammock yet! So a huge success of a hammock hang for several reasons. Thanks all of you!